Fire-arm



.(No Model.)

W. H. ELLIOT.

FIRE ARM.

Patented Sept. 1, 1885.

INVENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT rricn.

FIRE-ARM.

SZ ECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,513, datedSeptember 1, 1885.

Application filed July 11,1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. ELLIOT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Fire-Arms, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a more practical and a morereliable method of retracting the firing-pin of breech-loading ormagazine firearms than any now in use; and the nature of my inventionconsists in the novel assemblage of certain cooperative devices whichshall accomplish the above objects by the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which-.

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of the arm, showing some ofthe limb-work in elevation. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectionofa bolt and firing-pin and an elevation of the retracting-lever with aportion of the hammer.

My invention is applicable to any kind of arm having a bolt orbreech-block for closing the chamber which moves in a line with thebarrel anda hammer which is brought to fullcook by said bolt in itsbackward movement. It is, however,more particularly:applicable to thearms shownin my patents of September 14, .1880, and September 18, 1883,to which patents, for the better understanding of this application, Idesire to make special reference.

The hammer m is pivoted in the receiver at on, under or nearly under therear end of the bolt when the arm is closed, and is brought to full-cockby the bolt in its rearward movement for opening the arm, as shown inFig. 1. The retracting-leveriis pivoted in the bolt at i, andwhen thearm is closed and the hammer down occupiesthe position in relation tothe bolt shown in Fig. 2. The hammer is provided with the curvedprojection n, which serves the purpose of closing the rear end of thereceiver when the hammer stands at fullcock. The projection 12 forms therecess a, for the reception of the rear end of the brace r when the armis fully open, said brace being pivoted to the forward end of the boltand provided with locking-shoulders r within the receiver, and cut awaycentrally on the upper and lower side of its rear end, as shown by openlines, to enable itto enter the recess -n without clashing.

The connecting-strap S is pivoted at S to the arm of the brace, and isoperated by handle S, shown in open lines, as represented in the lastone of the before-mentioned patents.

The firing-pin e is mortised through for the reception of theretracting-lever.

As the bolt moves backward in opening the arm the free end of theretracting-lever 0 is drawn up or over the projection n from theposition shown in Fig. 2to that shown in Fig. 1, which causes the arm 0of the retractinglever to force the firing-pin back, or, in other words,to retract it.

The relative position of the retracting-lever, bolt, and hammer is amatter of importance. The retracting-lever should be so located in thebolt that only when the firing-pin is fully retracted the bolt will befar enough back to allow a fresh cartridge to be inserted in thechamber, either by hand or from themagazine. This feature makes itimpossible to place a fresh primer before the firingpin withoutfirstretracting said pin. Open lines at b, Fig. 1, show that a cartridgecannot be inserted in the chamber until after the firing-pin has beenretracted.

These devices should be so arranged in relation to each other that afterthe hammer has been brought to full-cock by the backward movement of thebolt the retraction of the firing-pin will commence. By this arrangementof parts the cooking of the hammer and the retraction of a rustedfiring-pin could not both at the same time oppose the movement of thebreech mechanism.

The hammer constructed, as described,with the projection. n and recessit serves the triple purpose of closing the rear end of the receiverwhen the arm is cooked, of furnishing room for the brace when the arm isopen, and of actuating the retracting-lever during the rearward movementof the bolt.

Having described my invention, what I desire to have secured to me byLetters Patent of the United States is-' 1. In a fire-arm, thecombination of the lon- IOO mer m, pivoted within the receiver, saidlever having one arm, 0, actuated by the projection 42 of the hammer,and the other arm, 0, in connection with said pin, the arrangement ofsaid parts in relation to each other being such that only when thefiring-pin is fully retracted will the bolt be far enough back to allowa fresh cartridge to be inserted in the chamber of the arm,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a fire-arm, the combination of the longitudinally-reciprocatingbolt 0, the firing-pin 0, extending longitudinally through said bolt,the lever i, hung in said bolt, and the hammer m, pivoted within thereceiver, said lever that only when the firing-pin is fully retracted 20will the bolt be far enough back to allow a fresh cartridge to beinserted in the chamber of the arm, and that the retraction of thefiring-pin will begin after the hammer has been brought to full-cock bythe bolt,,substantially 2 5 as and for the purpose specified.

' WM. H. ELLIOT. WVitnesses:

' D. LEWIs,

GEO. D. RICHARDSON.

